Jason Clark has a superb guest post which summarises Bryan Stone’s book Evangelism after Christendom: The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness by creating 12 statements about Evangelism. Click through to see a more detailed treatment.
Image 1: Evangelism is… the church being present in the world.
Image 2: Evangelism is… essentially embodied in everything we do.
Image 3: Evangelism is… living God’s story in the world and inviting others to join in.
Image 4: Evangelism is… announcing the reign of God here and now.
Image 5: Evangelism is… a social reformation.
Image 6: Evangelism is… revolutionary love.
Image 7: Evangelism is… a heart of acceptance and inclusion.
Image 8: Evangelism is… making room for skeptics and doubters.
Image 9: Evangelism is… a Holy Spirit happening.
Image 10: Evangelism is… a place prepared for all to come experience the reign of God.
Image 11: Evangelism is… hope for the future. “
Image 12: Evangelism is… a church that is shaped like Jesus in a world with a God shaped whole.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Jim Martin // Mar 19, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Liam–
I must get this book and follow the links. This looks very interesting. Thanks.
2 Liam // Mar 23, 2009 at 10:45 am
Glad you found it of interest Jim.